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To: The Honorable Lori Chavez-DeRemer
 U.S. Department of Labor
 200 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20210
Subject: Opposing the Closure of Job Corps Centers Nationwide
Dear Secretary Chavez-DeRemer,
I’m writing to express deep concern over the Department’s decision to “pause” operations at 99 Job Corps centers. For many of us, this feels like a thinly veiled shutdown—and one with devastating consequences.
Job Corps has long served as a lifeline for vulnerable youth. Its students are primarily Black, Brown, low-income, and often navigating systems that have failed them at every turn. Many are offered Job Corps as an alternative to incarceration. Others use it as a stepping stone to escape generational poverty.
This isn’t just about vocational training—it’s about intervention, stabilization, and transformation.
By removing this option, we are pushing thousands of young people into the very systems we claim to be reforming: for-profit prisons, predatory lenders, and exploitative military recruitment pipelines.
I urge the Department to reconsider. We should be strengthening programs like Job Corps—not dismantling them under the guise of administrative review.
Sincerely, 
[Your Name]

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To: The Honorable [Representative/Senator Name]
 U.S. House of Representatives / U.S. Senate
 Washington, DC 20515 / 20510
Subject: Demand Oversight on Job Corps Closures
Dear [Representative/Senator Last Name],
As your constituent, I’m urging you to take action against the widespread shutdown of Job Corps centers across the country.
Despite being labeled a “pause,” this move effectively guts one of the only federally funded programs that consistently helps vulnerable youth build futures outside of poverty, prison, or war.
We know the truth:
●	Job Corps primarily serves Black, Brown, and low-income students.
●	Many are funneled into it as an alternative to incarceration.
●	The military recruits heavily from its population.

Shutting down Job Corps doesn’t save money. It simply transfers the cost to the prison system, the welfare system, and grieving families.
Please speak out. Demand oversight. Block funding cuts. Hold the Department of Labor accountable. Protect programs that offer real opportunity—not just for the privileged, but for everyone.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]

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To: President Donald J. Trump
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20500
Subject: Rescind the Executive Order Closing Job Corps
President Trump,
Your administration’s executive order to “pause” Job Corps operations is being sold to the public as a routine review. We see through that. This is a calculated dismantling of one of the few federal programs that actually works—for young people who are systemically denied opportunity.
Let’s be clear:
Job Corps serves predominantly Black, Brown, low-income youth. Many are offered it as an alternative to incarceration. Some are recruited directly into the military. Without this option, their future pathways narrow to three dangerous lanes: poverty, prison, or war.
This move doesn’t save money—it shifts the cost to local communities, overwhelmed social services, and families already stretched to the breaking point. It feeds a prison pipeline. It strips away hope. It tells vulnerable youth they are disposable.
If you genuinely care about reducing crime, building the workforce, or restoring “American greatness,” then why eliminate a program that directly contributes to all three?
I urge you to rescind this executive order immediately.
History will remember who stood with the people—and who stood in the way.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]